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Re: No robotic love? Three Laws (thank you, Mr. Asimov) 1. A robot may not harm a human, or through inaction, allow a human to come to harm. (Better stop those missiles.) 2. A robot must follow any orders given to it by a human, unless they contradict the First Law. ("Hey, robot! Go fight Grond!") 3. A robot must preseve itself, unless this conflicts with the First or Second Laws. ("Hey, robot! Go fight Grond!") Program any robot with these (and throw in the Zeroeth Law, for good measure), add appropriate capabilities, and you've got instant Superhero! Or, if you prefer something that gives the character a little more flexibility, there's always Robocop's Prime Directives: 1. Serve the Public Trust. 2.Protect the Innocent. 3.Uphold the Law. And, yes, you can have free will and preprogrammed directives in the same character. But, if we're asking why a robot would be motivated to act as a superhero, we might as well ask why any super-powered individual would be motivated to act in such a manner. And, isn't asking that question a big part of superhero role-playing in the first place?

Re: Old "butt" Champions Mini's That's an awesome idea. "ChampsClix" would so rock!

Re: Old "butt" Champions Mini's Why doesn't Hero Games get someone to do some new Champions Minis? I mean, one of the few games that requires miniatures to play is also one of the few systems that doesn't have official miniatures? What's up with that? So, how about it, Mr. Long?

Re: WWYCD: Welcome Divinity? I can't think of a single character I've ever played who wouldn't want to know more before they answered. Especially the "we may or may not be gods" angle. If you're gods, just come out and say it. And if you're not gods, but good beings, then say you're not gods. But if you're saying you might or might not be, that indicates to me that you're not, but want me to think you are, which indicates bad intentions to me. Oh, and the only characters of mine who would believe these guys really are gods, ... are already gods themselves. Which makes these upstarts a rival pantheon. "No, sorry, can't join you. But if you prove yourselves worthy, we might allow you to join us. As probationary members, of course. Or we could always integrate you by force."

Re: Seacouver, Washington: take 3 If you're mixing DC Comics and Highlander elements into your campaign, you cannot leave out Vandal Savage. It's been shown that he can have children, therefore he is not a Highlander-Style Immortal. But, perhaps their immortality comes from being his decendants? I mean, as far as I know, neither the movie or the tv show ever explained why some people were born immortal in the first place.

Re: Seacouver, Washington: take 3 Good luck with all the damn vampires.

Re: Favorite Sci-Fi Weapon Gotta give one more vote for the classic Lightsaber. Truely "An elegant weapon...yada, yada...." Closely followed by the Type II Phaser. But, if this truely counts as Sci-Fi, the one weapon I've seen on this list that I would most want would be a Green Lantern Power Ring. Not only "The most powerful weapon in the universe," but a tool that could truely, litterally, do anything you can imagine.

Re: WWYCD "super" registration Voltage: Would sign right up. He has a Public ID anyway. But, he would speak out very publicly and very loudly in protest to making heroes reveal their identities if said heroes would prefer to keep them secret. He would also have a big problem, and say so, with the "Register or go to jail" clause. Would suggest public use of unregistered powers become a crime instead. With the exceptions of using said powers to save lives or property, or if said use was first time the power manifested. Who knows, this might cause him to grow up some and start looking into politics.

Re: Yet another Star Wars topic.... I agree with almost everything you said. I think the reason for "questing" for parts for the lightsaber is to make it more personal. A Jedi's lightsaber should be a reflection of the Jedi himself. As for Luke building his second lightsaber on Daghoba, where did you see this? My understanding was that he did it in Obi Wan's old hut on Tattooine (Shadows of the Empire, if I recall correctly).

Re: Elseworlds What about something along the lines of what DC did with Tangent Comics? The PCs travel to an alternate universe where all the heroes and villains have the exact same names as characters in their home timeline, but with completely different powers, backstories, and personalities. You can even switch names between individuals and organizations. PRIMUS, a para-military law-enforcement agency in the main universe, becomes Primus, world's first superhero in this one.

Re: Elseworlds I saw those and actually found them to be quite entertaining. Although the ideas more than the execution. Stan the Man is great with ideas, one of the best ever. But he still writes dialogue and exposition exactly the same as he did in the '60s. It was "hip, cool, and modern" back then; today, it just feels dated. But, that's just IMHO. YMMV, and all that.

Re: Elseworlds Getting back to the original question: How about a universe where 2 or more of the PCs switch places/roles? I'm mostly thinking of Speeding Bullets and Darkest Knight, here. In the first, Kal-El's ship lands just outside Gotham City. The infant from Krypton is adoubted by the Waynes and named Bruce. They are murdered before his powers really develop (although that night is the first time he uses his heat-vision, against the gunman), and this causes him to mentally surpress his abilities. When he rediscovers them years later, he becomes Batman. In Darkest Knight, Bruce Wayne is sitting in his father's study, after his disasterous first foray into crime-fighting. He is looking for inspiration for a way to give him an edge right from the begining of a confrontation. That's when Abin Sur's ship crashes outside the manor, and Bruce Wayne becomes Earth's Green Lantern. So, let's see how character A does with character B's powers. And how character C changes now that he has character D's back-story. Could be pretty interesting.

Re: Politics or not I tend not to use real-world politics in my games. I have had corrupt politicians with their own goals come into conflict with the PCs; and it doesn't matter what party they are obstensibly with, corrupt is corrupt. And, of course, any good Villainous Secret Society will have numerous members of both (or all) parties on their payroll, and even in their ranks. And, I have taken some of my own political views to their extreme conclusions to use for plots. For instance, I once planned to have a high-ranking general and his loyal troops lay seige to the White House, Capitol Building, and Supreme Court, because he had taken an oath to protect the consitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, and he felt that all current occupants of those buildings (and, indeed, everyone who had worked in them for the last 60 years or so), fell into that category. Wow, that was a long sentence. My point is, politics makes great story fodder, but real-world politics makes bad feelings (unless all the players and the GM have the exact same political beliefs, which is not likely).

Re: What Kind of Heroes do you GM? What I want to run: 1) The Morrison-era JLA, or 2) The first-run New Warriors, or 3) The animated JLU. What my players always wanted to play (back when I had players): 1) The Vertigo-era Doom Patrol (with all the over-the-top weirdness), or 2) The Mystery Men (yes, as in the movie. Never read the Flaming Carrot version), or 3) Some combination of the above. Except for the occasions when they actually wanted to play the villains.

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Re: Iconic Villains I'd have to say: Dr. Destroyer Grond Mechanon Firewing Eurostar Viper (why am I the first one to mention Viper?)

Re: What if the Justice League was really a league? Yep, that's the one. And the story I was thinking of was Contract Hit (because there was a claus in his contract with the city saying he could be traded). I also enjoyed Reflected Glory, One of The Boys (a great look at a more realistic extra-terrestrial trying to blend in on Earth), and Super Acorns. Truth, Justice, and The Politically Correct Socialist Path (IIRC), was also a hoot.

Re: What if the Justice League was really a league? There is an anthology boook called Superheroes. It's made up of different short stories about various original supers. It's a very good read, some stories more than others. Anyway, one of the stories in the book involves a city's local Super-Patriot being traded to another city for a Speedster and "a promising young side-kick, to be named later." Can't remember the title of the actual story, but it's one of my favorites in the book (my favorite being Peer Review). Anyway, your idea reminded me of it. As for using the idea in a campaign, sounds pretty cool. I'd be willing to give it a try.

Re: Viper/Demon and organization in other fiction like them The Circle of Thorns from City of Heroes would make a good DEMON substitute.

Re: Nightwind: A Proper Fit for the Champions? I think he meant "jobbed out" in the Pro Wrestling sense. The guy who losses is called the "jobber." He "does the job" or simply "jobs" for teh winner. If the jobber is especially unhappy about the match result, then he was "jobbed out."

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Re: smallville stats Anyone see last night's episode. Me am big Bizarro fan! Yaay! One thing I find, though, is that lately I find myself yelling at the screen "Just put on the costume, already!" Anyone else feel that way?

Re: Worst. Hero. Ever. Have any of you ever read "JLA: Foreign Bodies?" Several Leaguers end up switching bodies as a result of an attack by Kobra. Batman ends up in Superman's body, and talks about how tempting his powers are. Superman ends up in Kobra's body, and Kobra ends up in Batman's body, pretending to be Superman. Eventually, Superman (without any powers) figures out a way to get a signal out of Kobra's compound that Batman can pick up with his newly-acquired super-hearing. Superman (still without powers), later fights one-on-one against one of the DCU's greatest martial artists, who is in Batman's body. Proves there's more to Clark than powers. He's intelligent, brave, and determined. And he puts himself on the line to beat the bad guy. Sounds like a hero to me.

Re: Maxim's Hottest Comic Females If we're including non-superhero comics, how about Brandy :love:from Liberty Meadows? Frank Cho is one of the greatest artists of all time,

Re: Superhuman women and normal women Back on topic, the question has come up of "what is super-beauty?", along with "different people have different tastes, how can one woman be beautiful to everybody?" Have you ever read JMS' "Rising Stars?" There is one character, who's name I can't remember right now, who's power is being the world's most beautiful woman. She is beautiful, but her actual power is an illusion field that changes everyone's perception of her, so that she always conforms to the exact likes of whoever is looking at her. It even works on film.